15 dead, 100 feared missing in Nigeria after collapse of high-rise building
- A 21-storey building under construction collapsed in Nigeria’s largest city
- At least six were killed with dozens more feared trapped inside the rubble
At least 15 people have died in Nigeria’s commercial capital of Lagos after the collapse of a high-rise building that was under construction.
Building collapses are frequent in Africa’s most populous country, where regulations are poorly enforced and construction materials often substandard.
State official Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu said on Tuesday that a search and rescue effort had been launched for survivors of Monday’s incident.
“Currently all responders are on the ground as search and rescue is ongoing,” Oke-Osanyintolu said.
Rescuers say they have so far managed to pull seven survivors out of the wreckage, but construction workers fear dozens of their colleagues are trapped inside.
Witnesses say up to 100 people are missing after the luxury residential structure crumbled, trapping workers under a pile of rubble.